I found this recipe from David Herbert’s book, Complete Perfect Recipes
I’ve made it a few times and ended up making some changes including converting all the units from metric to English.
Pat asked for this for his birthday. I really wanted to make something nice since he made tacos for me when I wasn’t feeling well.
Lemon Cake
adapted from David Herbert and HomeMadeS
Cake
13 tbsp softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
chopped lemon peel from 1 lemon
3 lightly beaten eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 325F. Grease loaf pan.
softened butter
Beat together softened butter, sugar, and lemon peel for 2-3 minutes until mixed well. Add beatened eggs. Slowly add most of the dry ingredients while mixing. Finish by folding the last of the dry ingredients.
delicious cake batter
Spoon batter into greased loaf pan. Bake for aproximately 50 min. Remove cake from pan and place on cooling rack.
Lemon Glaze
1/4 fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
juicing lemons
(I juiced the lemons with the KitchenAid Citrus Juicer Attachment
Add the sugar and lemon juice to make a thick slurry. Pour the slurry over the warm cake. (I like place a plate and paper towels underneath the cooling rack to catch any glaze.)
Pat's Birthday Cake
- Perfect for making ice cream and sorbet.
- One of my favorite Christmas gifts. Great for going from stovetop to oven.
- Another Christmas gift that is useful in the kitchen.
Pat loves lemon cake, I love lemon cake – EVERYONE loves lemon cake.
Sara actually just made a lemon-yogurt cake that looked surprisingly similar to this – though I’m sure the 13 Tbls of butter in this recipe made the resulting richness incomparable.
You and Pat are awesome, it is great how you two cook delicious things for each other on special occasions, or when you aren’t feeling well. I need to join this circle, so that I can get a lemon cake like that one, or tacos too!
The frosting looks so delicious, I just want to stick my finger into the computer screen for a taste of that creamy frosting.
The blowing of the candles and the cutting of the cake have become a part of the birthday tradition. T
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